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Here we highlight the power of Columbia Mailman scientists collaborating across disciplines, a 21st century approach vital to solving the complex and critical problems affecting our health.
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When environmental engineer Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, ScD, began her postdoc in 2013, scientists had already documented a wide range of adverse health outcomes associated with air pollution.
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ICAP Celebrates 15 Years of Health at a Global Scale
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- October 26, 2018
Markus Hilpert, PhD, has a quirky routine when refueling his car. Says the environmental engineer: “I’m always looking down.”
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- October 26, 2018
Physicians have long known that high doses of arsenic wreak havoc with our brains, our skin, and even the very division and replication of our cells.
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- October 26, 2018
Hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes, bleach—these mainstays of American domesticity affect how children’s immune systems develop.
- October 25, 2018
The statistics are stark: In 2016, 115 people a day died of an opioid overdose in the U.S.
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- October 25, 2018
Consider the rate at which an infant learns to recognize loved ones, to explore the world, to communicate.
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The world’s largest searchable database of internal corporate documents on industrial pollutants, ToxicDocs was featured in a special issue of the Journal of Public Health Policy.
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Many rehab facilities make what could be called a deal with the devil: They permit clients to continue smoking tobacco cigarettes during treatment.
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Kids who live in low-income neighborhoods suffer higher than expected rates of asthma-related hospitalization and emergency care.
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When Jody Wolfe, Josh Mailman, and Phyllis Mailman, pledged $33 million to endow Columbia’s School of Public Health in 1998, it was the largest single gift ever made to a school of public health.
